Non-UK Employee Visa Workshop: Employer's Guide to Immigration & PBS

Are your non-UK staff employed legally? Are you up to date with Home Office changes? Do your employees have the correct visa? Are you risking your Employer Sponsorship Licence? Are you prepared for a UKVI visit? Do you fully understand the Points Based System & its applications? As an employer – you are responsible.

Registration fee: £450 plus VAT per delegate

Failure to comply fully with Home Office regulations could land you with a £20,000 fine, a removal of your licence to hire migrant workers and by knowingly employing an illegal worker you are risking a two year custodial sentence. An unsatisfactory non-UK recruitment policy also leaves you open to costly race discrimination law suits. The complex legal and regulatory system often makes it very difficult for employers to ensure that their recruitment and employment policies are fully compliant with the law.

BFI’s Non-UK Employee Visa Workshop: The Employer’s Guide to Immigration & Points Based System brings together top legal, immigration and practitioner experts. This practical and intensive workshop will explore Home Office regulations, the Points Based System and non-PBS routes in depth so you come away with a full understanding of the requirements on you as an employer of non-UK nationals.

This is a unique opportunity for delegates to bring along their policies for evaluation and feedback with industry peers and immigration experts. Have all your legal & policy questions answered; with many Q&A sessions built into the agenda, you can ensure your policies are watertight.

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Schedule

Coffee and registration

AIMS & OBJECTIVES OF THE DAY

Ian Westwood

Ian Westwood

Immigration Consultant
, The Westwood Organisation

Ian Westwood worked at the Home Office from 1993-2003. He was an operational Immigration Officer serving at Heathrow, Gatwick and Dover before being promoted to Chief Immigration Officer based in Croydon.
Since then he has set up his own consultancy business, providing training and immigration advice to a variety of corporate and private clients on the subject of Immigration.
He is regulated by the Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner to provide immigration advice in the UK. Ian’s training credentials include the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s Certificate of Training Practice and the Belbin Team-Role Accreditation.

09:45

UPDATE ON HOME OFFICE REQUIREMENTS: WHAT MUST YOUR ORGANISATION BE AWARE OF?

Simon Kenny

Simon Kenny

Principal Associate
, Eversheds Sutherland

Simon is a Principal Associate in the Human Resources Practice Group. He specialises in immigration law.
Simon advises companies and universities seeking to sponsor people from overseas to work or study in the UK. He helps organisations with immigration compliance responsibilities, conducting appropriate right to work checks, meeting regulatory requirements and helping to rectify immigration problems.
Simon's experience includes assisting organisations with registration as sponsors of immigration applications and maintaining this. His work includes advising on Certificate of Sponsorship applications and extensions, intra-company transfers, business visitor rules and the impact of such applications on an organisation’s global mobility policies and immigration compliance obligations. He has conducted audits of immigration compliance and has recovered sponsor licences for organisations who have had this suspended or removed. He has worked with higher education institutions on maintaining compliance with immigration law and policy, preparing for Basic Compliance Assessment and handling reporting obligations. Simon has managed global immigration programmes for multinational companies seeking to transfer employees to multiple jurisdictions and introduced international business visitor tracking policies. Simon also has experience of applications on behalf of individuals seeking to live in the UK on the basis of investment or creating a start-up company.
Simon is a member of the Eversheds Immigration Team. He regularly presents training seminars and writes in sector specific publications, professional journals and the media generally on immigration law.

Coffee break

UPDATE ON HOME OFFICE REQUIREMENTS: WHAT MUST YOUR ORGANISATION BE AWARE OF? (Continued)

Simon Kenny

Simon Kenny

Principal Associate
, Eversheds Sutherland

Simon is a Principal Associate in the Human Resources Practice Group. He specialises in immigration law.
Simon advises companies and universities seeking to sponsor people from overseas to work or study in the UK. He helps organisations with immigration compliance responsibilities, conducting appropriate right to work checks, meeting regulatory requirements and helping to rectify immigration problems.
Simon's experience includes assisting organisations with registration as sponsors of immigration applications and maintaining this. His work includes advising on Certificate of Sponsorship applications and extensions, intra-company transfers, business visitor rules and the impact of such applications on an organisation’s global mobility policies and immigration compliance obligations. He has conducted audits of immigration compliance and has recovered sponsor licences for organisations who have had this suspended or removed. He has worked with higher education institutions on maintaining compliance with immigration law and policy, preparing for Basic Compliance Assessment and handling reporting obligations. Simon has managed global immigration programmes for multinational companies seeking to transfer employees to multiple jurisdictions and introduced international business visitor tracking policies. Simon also has experience of applications on behalf of individuals seeking to live in the UK on the basis of investment or creating a start-up company.
Simon is a member of the Eversheds Immigration Team. He regularly presents training seminars and writes in sector specific publications, professional journals and the media generally on immigration law.

Lunch

Ian Westwood

Ian Westwood

Immigration Consultant
, The Westwood Organisation

Ian Westwood worked at the Home Office from 1993-2003. He was an operational Immigration Officer serving at Heathrow, Gatwick and Dover before being promoted to Chief Immigration Officer based in Croydon.
Since then he has set up his own consultancy business, providing training and immigration advice to a variety of corporate and private clients on the subject of Immigration.
He is regulated by the Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner to provide immigration advice in the UK. Ian’s training credentials include the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s Certificate of Training Practice and the Belbin Team-Role Accreditation.

Afternoon tea

Ian Westwood

Ian Westwood

Immigration Consultant
, The Westwood Organisation

Ian Westwood worked at the Home Office from 1993-2003. He was an operational Immigration Officer serving at Heathrow, Gatwick and Dover before being promoted to Chief Immigration Officer based in Croydon.
Since then he has set up his own consultancy business, providing training and immigration advice to a variety of corporate and private clients on the subject of Immigration.
He is regulated by the Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner to provide immigration advice in the UK. Ian’s training credentials include the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s Certificate of Training Practice and the Belbin Team-Role Accreditation.